Self-driving vehicle technology company Optimus Ride has announced that it will use Velodyne’s lidar sensors in its fleet of autonomous shuttles.
Using the sensors, Optimus Ride can precisely locate the position of people and objects around its vehicles, as well as calculate their speed and trajectory. With that information, the vehicle’s on-board computer system determines how to drive to its destination.
“The Optimus Ride fleet showcases how Velodyne’s intelligent lidar sensors are helping companies place autonomous vehicles on the road today,” said Mike Jellen, President and CCO, Velodyne Lidar. “Optimus Ride has an ingenious approach to providing people with access to efficient and convenient self-driving mobility – effectively solving the first-and last-mile problem.”
Optimus Ride’s self-driving vehicles provide passenger transportation at low speeds within defined, geofenced areas such as planned communities, campuses and self-driving zones in cities.
The company’s vehicles are currently deployed in Boston’s Seaport District, South Weymouth, Massachusetts, and at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York, which is the first commercial deployment of self-driving vehicles in the state of New York.
Optimus Ride will soon deploy at Paradise Valley Estates in Fairfield, California, and Brookfield Properties’ Halley Rise development in Reston, Virgina.
